Quantum Assigned Patent

Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,902,541) developped by Nayak, Ashok B., Glendora, CA, Goker, Turguy, Solana Beach, CA, Weng, Ming-Chih, Los Angeles, CA, and Decot James Mark, Fountain Valley, CA for a “head rotator assembly for tape drive .”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A head rotator assembly (22) for dynamically compensating for a tape skew of a storage tape that moves over a head (20) in a tape drive (10) comprises a head supporter (230) that is coupled to and supports the head (20), and a supporter mover assembly (232). The supporter mover assembly (232) includes a first actuator (234A) that indirectly rotates a portion of the head supporter (230) about an axis to move the head (20) in an azimuth direction relative to the storage tape to dynamically compensate for the tape skew as the storage tape moves over the head (20). Additionally, the supporter mover assembly (232) can include a first lever (236A) moved by the first actuator (234A) to rotate the portion of the head supporter (230) so that the head (20) moves in the azimuth direction relative to the storage tape to dynamically compensate for the tape skew.“

The patent application was filed on March 13, 2014 (14/209,437).